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 Public Hearing - 7/12/2017
1 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION PUBLIC HEARING JULY 12, 2017 On the 12th day of July, 2017, the following public hearing was held at Southern Methodist University, Underwood Law Library, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., before Terralyn J. Gentry, Certified
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1 P R O C E E D I N G S 2 MR. MANNING: Good morning. We'll go ahead 3 and get started. Good morning. Thank you for being 4 here. I'm Jim Manning, Acting Undersecretary at the 5 U.S. Department of Education, and I'm pleased to welcome 6 you to this public hearing. 7 I'm joined at the table by two other 8 department staff members, Greg Martin from the Office of 9 Postsecondary Education and Brian Siegel from the Office 10 of General Counsel. 11 This is the second of two hearings that we 12 are convening to gather input regarding the regulations 13 that govern Borrower Defense to Repayment and the 14 metrics used to gauge the success of Gainful Employment 15 programs. 16 AUDIENCE MEMBER: Excuse me, sir, I'm 17 having difficulty hearing you. Could you move the mike 18 closer? Thank you. I apologize for interrupting you. 19 MR. MANNING: That's okay. Increasing 20 access to an affordability of higher education is a top 21 priority for this administration as is developing fair, 22 effective, and improved regulations to protect borrowers 23 in fraud, ensure accountability across institutions of 24 higher education and protect taxpayers. 25 Secretary DeVos is committed to ensuring
1 that institutions that receive federal funds are serving 2 the students well. Moreover, she appreciates the 3 traditional postsecondary path is not the only option 4 for meaningful education opportunities, and that 5 students should have access to strong trade and vocation 6 programs at a variety of types of institutions. 7 The Secretary has made clear that her first 8 priority is to protect students, and she firmly believes 9 that fraud is simply unacceptable. She also recognizes 10 that last year's Borrower Defense rulemaking effort 11 missed an opportunity to get it right. The result is a 12 muddled process that's unfair to students and schools 13 and puts taxpayers on the hook for significant costs. 14 Therefore, it's time to take a step back and make sure 15 these rules achieve their purpose, helping harmed 16 students. It is the Department's aim and this 17 administration's commitment to protect students from 18 predatory practices, while also providing clear, fair, 19 and balanced rules for colleges and universities to 20 follow. 21 Thus, we approach this hearing in our 22 upcoming negotiated rulemaking with a commitment to 23 ensuring that every student has access to an education 24 that will put them on solid footing for success as they 25 define it, be it further education, a career, or
1 entrepreneurship and holding schools accountable for 2 practices that undercut their students and taxpayers. 3 We anticipate that the Borrower Defense 4 negotiating committee will begin negotiations in 5 November 2017, and the Gainful Employment negotiating 6 committee will begin negotiations in December 2017. 7 Federal Register notices seeking nominations for 8 negotiators will be issued in advance of those dates. 9 Again, thank you for your time and expertise to this 10 very important process. I appreciate your willingness 11 to share your perspectives. As to the logistics for 12 this hearing, many of you are already signed up for 13 times to speak, and we'll be calling your names as you 14 have signed up. 15 We have many slots left today. If you have 16 not signed up and would like to speak, please see the ED 17 staff at the front desk and Amy will be happy to give 18 you a time. 19 Speakers are limited to their remarks to 20 five minutes for this initial round. If you get to the 21 end of your five minutes, Greg will ask you to wrap it 22 up. Please conclude your remarks in 20 seconds after 23 receiving the notice. If there is time available -- and 24 I expect there will be -- everyone who wants to speak 25 and has spoken, we will be glad to have you come up for
1 a second round. 2 Please note that this hearing is being 3 transcribed and the transcription will be posted to our 4 website in the next few weeks. This is a public 5 hearing, so please be aware that there may also be 6 people in the audience who are videotaping and audio 7 taping. 8 We welcome your written comments. If you 9 have comments here today that you would like to submit, 10 you can hand them to me or the ED staff at the front 11 desk. You can also post comments to regulations.gov 12 through July 12th. We have three scheduled breaks. One 13 this morning from 10:30 to 10:40, a lunch break from 14 12:00 to 1:00, and a break in the afternoon from 2:30 to 15 2:40. If we don't have speakers scheduled, these breaks 16 might become longer. Directory: policy -> highered -> reg -> hearulemaking policy -> American bar association adopted by the house of delegates policy -> The Threats of policy -> 2nd Quarter 2010 policy -> Nato unclassified north atlantic treaty organisation policy -> Department of the Navy Office of the Assistant Secretary (Research, Development and Acquisition) Washington, dc 20350-1000 navy marine corps acquisition regulation supplement policy -> Policy Manual June 2015 policy -> Executive summary Download 5.96 Mb. Share with your friends:
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